I'm having a bit of a time figuring out how to chop veggies with a big wad of stuff wrapped around the middle finger of my guiding hand. I get cramps in my hand from trying to keep the cotton out of the carrots!

steeley

03-19-2011, 12:13 AM

you need a cleaver
http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/9049/thjunecleaver.jpg (http://img13.imageshack.us/i/thjunecleaver.jpg/)

kalaeb

03-19-2011, 12:37 AM

Athletic tape for some compression and a finger cot.

Eamon Burke

03-19-2011, 01:27 AM

To keep bandages under control:
Wear a glove.

As far as technique, these times are GREAT for your technique. It's like running with weights or swimming with your arms tied together. It makes you better.

Abattoir

03-19-2011, 02:55 AM

Super Glue, duct tape, & finger cots.

Dave Martell

03-19-2011, 12:15 PM

http://www.slapchopreview.net/images/vinceoffer-slapchop.jpg

FryBoy

03-19-2011, 01:23 PM

Surgical gloves?

SpikeC

03-19-2011, 02:44 PM

The problem is that a quarter inch swath of skin is gone and some meat as well, so the dressing is rather bulky. Surgical gloves won't fit over it, and utility gloves are bulky. I don't have a Slap Chop, unfortunately(?). My friend suggested a mandolin, butt where is the fun in that? I think I'll add some finger cots to my current Amazon order, with my track record I will be needing then at some point in the future as well!

iceman01

03-19-2011, 03:53 PM

What about a finger stall made of rubber or latex, that's what I use when I got injuries on the fingers. I like them better than surgical gloves, no water running in at the wrist and you compromise your tactile sense only on the respective finger instaed of the entire hand.

EDIT:
Sorry, I didn't know that finger cot and finger stall are the same.

Cut the thumb off of a surgical glove. It should be big enough to go over your middle finger even with some gauze on top of the wound. Then tape the cut end to your finger to keep water getting in.

SpikeC

03-19-2011, 06:22 PM

This one is most likely to succeed, I think!

kalaeb

03-19-2011, 07:27 PM

I get cut more than a mandolin than anything else. We had two and there was a cut at least every other week. I finally tossed them. They are sharp and get the job done quickly, but in my experiance always lead to more injuries.

steeley

03-19-2011, 07:34 PM

I need to brush up on slap chop skills .
I wonder if Vince sharpens his own slap chop.

SpikeC

03-19-2011, 07:40 PM

A big shot celebrity like him just gets a new one every few days!

FryBoy

03-19-2011, 10:35 PM

I get cut more than a mandolin than anything else. We had two and there was a cut at least every other week. I finally tossed them. They are sharp and get the job done quickly, but in my experiance always lead to more injuries.Wife bought me a very good one of Xmas one year. Thanked her for the thought and returned it to Williams-Sonoma without taking it out of the box. It never made any sense to me to make the blade stationary and push the food toward it with your hand.

Eamon Burke

03-19-2011, 11:20 PM

At work, I use a mandolin all the time! I make everyone wear a cut-proof glove with a rubber glove over it when using it, even if they use the guard.

It makes very short, consistent work of a huge amount of food. Yes, I could cut 70 lbs of potatoes into 1/8 slices with a knife, but why would I?

steeley

03-20-2011, 12:37 AM

I love my mandolin i have 5 or six use the heel of your hand to push through. and Dave has sharpen the blade or if you go for japanese mandolin they have replacement blades and just go to the nub of what your cutting.

FryBoy

03-20-2011, 01:23 PM

At work, I use a mandolin all the time! I make everyone wear a cut-proof glove with a rubber glove over it when using it, even if they use the guard.

It makes very short, consistent work of a huge amount of food. Yes, I could cut 70 lbs of potatoes into 1/8 slices with a knife, but why would I?So you serve food with little bits of rubber glove in it? :lol2: